UCWR 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Comma Splice, Semicolon
28 Sep 2016
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We shall fight on the seas and oceans. Anaphora beginning successive sentences with the same phrase growing confidence and growing strength we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. Comma splice: occurs when author tries to combine two independent clauses with only a comma. Local store owners were concerned about a recent outbreak of graffiti; they feared that gangs were moving into the neighborhood . Semicolon: used to separate items of equal grammatical weight and join independent clauses closely related in thought. Often employ rule of three : three words, three times. In english, it"s mostly used w/ active sentences. Use between independent clauses joined by conjunctive adverbs (like however , Casablanca is now a film classic; however, it starts regarded it as an average spy thriller .
